Re: [tied] Re: Yers

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

>
> Of course they did. For example, OCS bisIrU 'pearl', c^rItogU
> 'chamber', kUn'igy 'book', kumirU 'idol', boljarinU 'nobleman' and
> sanU 'dignity' are of Turkic origin. So is the ethnonym Bulgar(ian)
> (<blUgarU>).
>
> Piotr

Piotr, is there the first references about Bulgarians not already with
"bulg-"? If yes, that will mean a very early methathesis of "blU-" or
there is no "blU-" there in the etymology of "bulgarians", is it?

Alex